June 23, 2008
Dialog to be Acquired by ProQuest
ProQuest and Dialog have announced that an agreement has been signed for ProQuest to acquire Dialog from Thomson Reuters. The acquisition will allow ProQuest to deepen its penetration in the corporate and professional research markets.
ProQuest CEO Marty Kahn says of the acquisition, "Dialog is a highly respected source of information and a trusted brand for libraries, so it is an exceptionally good fit in the ProQuest family."
Dialog will continue to operate as a distribution channel for such Thomson Reuter content as Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI), Investext, TrademarkScan, SciSearch and BIOSIS, among other important business databases that will remain available through Dialog.
ProQuest plans to refresh the Dialog platform to meet the needs of information professionals today. No changes are planned for the access and billing processes at BCR for Dialog subscribers.
For more information, contact Maura Dunn at mdunn@bcr.org. You may also read the ProQuest press release.
